IBM Corporation IBM Power S824 CODE DEFECT (CD) RESULT
Tested by: IBM Corporation Test Sponsor: IBM Corporation Test location: Austin, TX Test date: May 19, 2014
SPEC license #: 11 Hardware Availability: June-2014 Software Availability: Aug-2014 Publication: Jun 25, 2014
Validation Errors Summary
SPECjbb2013 results have been marked as "Code Defect" due to a bug that impacts the comparability of results. The bug can significantly reduce the amount of work done during the measurement period, resulting in an inflated SPECjbb2013 metric.
Benchmark Results Summary
 
Overall Throughput RT curve
Overall SUT (System Under Test) Description
VendorIBM Corporation
Vendor URLhttp://www.ibm.com
System SourceSingle Supplier
System DesignationServer Rack
Total Systems1
All SUT Systems IdenticalYES
Total Nodes1
All Nodes IdenticalYES
Nodes Per System1
Total Chips4
Total Cores24
Total Threads192
Total Memory Amount (GB)1024
Total OS Images1
SW EnvironmentNon-virtual
 
Hardware hw_1
NameIBM Power S824
VendorIBM Corporation
Vendor URLhttp://www.ibm.com
AvailableJune-2014
ModelIBM Power S824
Form Factor4U
CPU NamePOWER8
CPU CharacteristicsIntelligent Energy Optimization enabled up to 3.92 GHz
Number of Systems1
Nodes Per System1
Chips Per System4
Cores Per System24
Cores Per Chip6
Threads Per System192
Threads Per Core8
VersionNone
CPU Frequency (MHz)3525
Primary Cache32 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache512 KB I+D on chip per core
Tertiary Cache8 MB on chip per core
Other Cache16 MB off chip per CDIMM
Disk8 x 387 GB SFF-2 SSD Raid10
File SystemAIX/JFS2
Memory Amount (GB)1024
# and size of DIMM(s)16 x 64 GB CDIMMs
Memory DetailsDDR3 1600 MHz
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs)6 x 10 GBit and 24 x 1 GBit network ports
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W)4 x 900W
Other HardwareNone
Cabinet/Housing/EnclosureNone
Shared DescriptionNone
Shared CommentNone
NotesNone
Other Hardware network_1
NameNone
VendorNone
Vendor URLNone
VersionNone
AvailableNone
BitnessNone
NotesNone
Operating System os_1
NameAIX IBM
VendorIBM Corporation
Vendor URLhttp://www.ibm.com
VersionIBM AIX V7.1 TL3 SP3
AvailableJune-2014
Bitness64
NotesNone
Java Virtual Machine jvm_1
NameIBM J9 VM
VendorIBM Corporation
Vendor URLhttp://www.ibm.com
VersionIBM J9 VM (build 2.7, JRE 1.7.0 SR1 AIX ppc64), with APAR IV60791
AvailableAug-2014
Bitness64
NotesNone
Other Software other_1
NameNone
VendorNone
Vendor URLNone
VersionNone
AvailableNone
BitnessNone
NotesNone
Hardware
OS Images os_Image_1(1)
Hardware Description hw_1
Number of Systems 1
SW Environment non-virtual
Tuning Enable Dynamic Power Saver (favor performance) mode
Notes None
OS Image os_Image_1
JVM Instances jvm_Ctr_1(1), jvm_Backend_1(4), jvm_TxInjector_1(4)
OS Image Description os_1
Tuning OS tuning:
  • dscrctl -n -s 1
  • ulimit -n 100000
  • vmo -o lgpg_size=16777216 -o lgpg_regions=59000
  • MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM
  • LDR_CNTRL=LARGE_PAGE_DATA=Y@STACKPSIZE=16M@DATAPSIZE=16M@TEXTPSIZE=16M@SHMPSIZE=16M@NAMEDSHLIB64=rwbatch_16M_shlib,16M
Notes None
JVM Instance jvm_Ctr_1
Parts of Benchmark Controller
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line -Xms3g -Xmx3g -Xgcthreads8 -Xnocompressedrefs -XtlhPrefetch -Xtrace:none
Tuning None
Notes None
JVM Instance jvm_Backend_1
Parts of Benchmark Backend
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line -Xlp -Xms215040m -Xmx215040m -Xmn194560m -Xgcthreads48 -Xgc:scvtenureAge=2,scvNoAdaptiveTenure -Xnocompressedrefs -XtlhPrefetch -Dcom.ibm.crypto.provider.doAESInHardware=true -Dcom.ibm.enableClassCaching=true -Xconcurrentlevel0 -Xaggressive -Xcodecache32M -Xtrace:none
Tuning execrset used to affinitize each Backend JVM to a single chip.
  • execrset -c 0-47 for the first chip
  • execrset -c 48-95 for the second chip
  • execrset -c 96-143 for the third chip
  • execrset -c 144-191 for the fourth chip
Notes None
JVM Instance jvm_TxInjector_1
Parts of Benchmark TxInjector
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line -Xlp -Xms6g -Xmx6g -Xmn3g -Xgcthreads8 -Xgc:scvtenureAge=2,scvNoAdaptiveTenure -Xnocompressedrefs -Dcom.ibm.crypto.provider.doAESInHardware=true -XtlhPrefetch -Dcom.ibm.enableClassCaching=true -Xconcurrentlevel0 -Xaggressive -Xtrace:none
Tuning execrset used to affinitize each TxInjector JVM to the first core of each chip.
  • execrset -c 0-7 for the first core of the first chip
  • execrset -c 48-55 for the first core of the second chip
  • execrset -c 96-103 for the first core of the third chip
  • execrset -c 144-151 for the first core of the fourth chip
Notes None
max-jOPS = jOPS passed before the First Failure
Pass/Fail Pass Pass Fail Fail Fail
jOPS 166546 167958 169369 170781 172192
critical-jOPS = Geomean ( jOPS @ 10000; 50000; 100000; 200000; 500000; SLAs )
Response time percentile is 99-th
SLA (us) 10000 50000 100000 200000 500000 Geomean
jOPS 8821 20324 24558 42695 76922 27041
  Percentile
  10-th 50-th 90-th 95-th 99-th 100-th
500us - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411
1000us 1411 / 2823 - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411 - / 1411
5000us 59279 / 60691 15526 / 16937 5646 / 7057 2823 / 4234 2823 / 4234 - / 1411
10000us 74805 / 76216 43754 / 45165 19760 / 21171 18348 / 19760 9880 / 5646 - / 1411
20000us 77628 / 79039 70570 / 71982 50811 / 49399 42342 / 35285 18348 / 5646 - / 1411
50000us 79039 / 80450 76216 / 77628 67748 / 69159 62102 / 49399 22583 / 16937 - / 1411
100000us 81862 / 83273 77628 / 79039 73393 / 74805 67748 / 69159 29640 / 16937 4234 / 5646
200000us 143964 / 86096 80450 / 81862 76216 / 74805 73393 / 74805 47988 / 26817 14114 / 5646
500000us 167958 / 163724 87507 / 88919 83273 / 84685 81862 / 83273 79039 / 74805 47988 / 5646
1000000us 167958 / - 167958 / - 152432 / 97387 93153 / 94564 86096 / 87507 71982 / 35285
Probes jOPS / Total jOPS
Request Mix Accuracy
Note
(Actual % in the Mix - Expected % in the Mix) must be within:
'Main Tx' limit of +/-5.0% for the requests whose expected % in the mix is >= 10.0%
'Minor Tx' limit of +/-1.0% for the requests whose expected % in the mix is < 10.0%
There were no non-critical failures in Response Time curve building
Delay between status pings
IR/PR Accuracy
This section lists properties only set by user
Property Name Default Controller
specjbb.forkjoin.workers 192 165
specjbb.group.count 1 4
specjbb.txi.pergroup.count 1 1
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Level: COMPLIANCE
Check Agent Result
Check properties on compliance All PASSED
 
Level: CORRECTNESS
Check Agent Result
Compare SM and HQ Inventory All PASSED
High-bound (max attempted) is 141141 IR
High-bound (settled) is 133510 IR